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THOUGHT IT A CLEVER IDEA.
The Demonstrating Butler Explains
Why He Became a Thief
From, the Ney York World.

From the NeU York World.
The arrest of Theodore Hair, the diamond
thief, who, in the guise of butler, obtained
employment in various wealthy families,
and substituted paste for the brilliants in
such jewelry belonging to his employers as
he could get access to, has occasioned an
unprecedented stir in fashionable circles.
In every household, whose butler has re-
Gently been changed, fear lest the clever
scoundrel might have practiced his talents
upon the family jewels, has sent the anxious
owners scurrying to the jewelers. for an OK
pertS verdict, while not q few representa-
ives OF wealth and fashion called yesterday
az police headquarters to see if they could
recognize in the prisoner the features of a
former servant.
Tie novelty of the robbery and the slight
finances OF detection attending it have pro-
VoKed Widespread discussion and engendered
dread lest the homes of the rich become
Sho targets for host of imitators of the
dishonest buffers methods.
According to Hairs own admission he
nas been employed in numerous families,
atn the supposition is that he has practiced
us ingenious fraud extensively. As told
nolore, the detection of the thief was due to
the mercst accident. Ilrs. Duncan Cryder,
Sc wVldeiy-known society lady, formerly Miss
Nhauncey, wished her earrings reset and
Vook them to Tiifanys.
Why, these are PASTE" exclaimed the
eleTk upon examining them.
,,,r lmpossible!'' retorted Mrs. Cryder.
iney We're presents from my husband,
VINO VINO bought them here, together with this,
niy engagement ring" and the lady exposed
large solitaire which sparlSled upon her
atlger, But, madam" replied the clerk
SoTp1VtInizing the ring, ''that, too, is paste"
reference was had to the books of the
hhouse, and it was found that the articles had
o zen bought there; that they were diamonds
Gu Gu mat Mr.. Cryder had paid good round
SUN SUN Tor them. Tiffany g. Co. became
GGoncerned. A closer examination of the
EewelIy revealed the fact that the settings
naa been tempered with. The work was
oaeaely done, and, in the opinion of Tiffany's
IInapert, indicated that a practical jewelcr
'u I, made the change.
paue matter was referred TO Inspector
zines, and when it was learned from Mr.
Jh,yuer's servants that Hair, recently dis
Snianrged butler, had boosted of being a
S SSd,eS Jeweler, the detectives ran that
him. '- anu u'e" ooliieSsiOil II 0iii
u. suppose I'll get five years for this, p" said
c te',ir, When lie stood before Clerk John Nc
NJ van at Essex Market Yesterday to haze
'-' -Orinal ssaetica e ken. +. ..' I.
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What is your businessm asked the Clerk.
I'm matchmaker and a diamond setter.
I've earned as much as $50 week at it."
Wasn't that enough to make you lead an
honorable life!' grumbled the clerk.
Now, see here, young fellow, it costs
money to live in decent society in New
York, and $50 wasn't enough to last half a
week. Besides, do you think / wanted to be
stuck in shop all day! Not much! Iwes
out of work for several months and l wss
for two days without anything to eat, when
n sudden thought struck me. why not, ,
whispered the tempter, engage yourself as
butler with rich family and, when my
lady goes out for a matinee or ride subSti-
tute paste for the diamonds in her jewelry
LII struck me as being very clever idea.
engaged myself with a family In Brooklyn
and, while my lady was at supper, sneaked
upstairs and substituted paste for the dia-
monds. 1t was very easy. All did was TO
loosen the setting of the jewelry, take out
the diamond, substitute the paste and squeeze
the setting together again. / never re-
manned longer than three weeks in one
place. 1t would take that time to ascertain
where the jewelry was located, and as soon
as l would make the change the place
wouldn't know me any more. I've been in
twenty houses as butler. Did l rob every
house was in9 What do you want to know
for? Isn't it enough that plead guilty to
two charges?'
The compliments in the two cases against
Hair were the two brokers, Duncan Cryder,
of No IS West Nineteenth street, and c. L.
Rathborne of No. II East Sixty fourth
street Hair had been in the employ of
both. Mrs. Cryder's wedding gift from her
husband, a pair of solitaire diamond ear
rings fell into Hairs hands, and after he
had substituted paste for the diamonds he
pawned the diamonds i'll Fl. P. Donnelly's
shop, at No 4S9 Sixth avenue From Mrs.
Rathborne he stole diamonds worth S100,
which he sold to Frederick Weigel, sales
man in the jewelry store of William Saich.
at No. 4S7 Sixth avenue Weigel was
charged with receiving stolen goods. JUS
tice O'Reilly discharged him. but said that
he would use him as witness against
Hair.
The butler in Edward L. Knowlton's fam
lily, at No 81 Remsen street. Brooklyn, read
in the World yesterday morning the &C
count of Hairs arrest He informed Mr..
Knowlton that Hair had once been in his
employ. Mr.. Knowlton examined his dia-
monds and discovered that diamonds had
been taken out of stud, pair of earrings
and pin, and that paste had been substi-
tuted. The diamonds were worth $500.
Though Hair left Mr.. Knowlton's employ
on Oct. 10 last the larceny was not discov-
cred and would probably never have been
but for Hairs arrest
did you steal my diamondsp asked Mr..
Knowlton of Hair.
Il did, and pawned them at Simpsons"
he answered Mr.. Knowlton recovered his
diamonds
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Omaha Miss-Ma, am going to marry
Mr.. De Nice.
Ma-The gentleman with the dark nous
tache9
mo, the one with the light moustache."
THE tall one with the light moustacheg"
mo, the short one"
ooh, the one with Q bald spot"
mo, it's the one without bald spot"
"You have always been a dutiful daugh-
ter dear, and am glad you have SO frankly
told me which one 1t is. n--Onldbn World.
, 1887-04-27
Railroad Accident.

Topeka, Kas., April GA special
train arrived on the Rock Island at 3 p.
m. to day, having on board a party of
injured men from Horton. They consist
ed of Lieutenant Governor Riddle, Sec
rotary of State Allen and State Auditor
Mccarthy, of the Kansas board OF rail-
road assessors, who have been making a
tour of inspection over the Chicago,
Kansas & Nebraska road. They were
accompanied by President Gov and Gen
eral Manager Fischer, and, with the en-
tire train crew, we're more or less bruised
and injured. The party left Horton this
morning to go West on the Atohison
branch of the Rock Island, and one mile
west of hat place the train was Furled
down an cmbankment twenty feet high.
Allen was hurt most seriously, but not
dangerously SO.
, 1887-04-27
The Calhoun Monument.

CHARLESTON, s. c. April 26.-Cal
houn day broke bright and beautiful and
at early hour great thronRs began to
gather along the line Of march of the
grand military and civic procession which
preceded the unwilling ceremonies.
Nearly all the chief men Of the state and
many prominent visitors from abroad are
here to do honor to the memory of South
Carolina distinguished son. The parade
formed on South battery and marched
through the main street Of the city TO
Marion square. where the monument is
erected. Upon the arrival Of the proces-
sion in the square, the chief marshal of
the day called the vast assemblage to order
and the mayor, who presided, asked Rev.
Charles Coteworth Pinckney to make the
opening prayer. The following order of
exercises was then observed: dwelling Of
the monument by the young ladies; artil-
lery salute of nineteen guns. ode by Miss
Chesborough; Grafton by Hon. l.. Q. G..
Lamar; and an ode by Mrs Margaret j.
Preston. The rush to hear Secretary
Lamar was immense and the great square
was black with people, during his speech.
, 1887-04-27
Foreign Notes.

DUBLIN, April 26.-At a meeting Of
millers resolutions were adopted in favor
of placing a duty of FIVE shillings per bag
on American -four.
LONDON, April 26. Gladstone met the
labor members Of parliament at a private
dinner this evening. He was called upon
for a speech and responded briefly. His
remarks were mainly devoted to the Ques-
ton OF reducing election expenses. Re-
ferrlnG to the relations between the Lib
erals and ParnelIites, he said he had re-
ceived only one letter from Parnell IN his
life.
Earl Spencer, speaking of the anti
coercion demonstration in South London
tonight, reiterated his disbelief that
there was any connection between the
Parnellites and the outrages. in Ireland.
If Liberals were to be denounced for their
dealings with the Parnellites, how could
Lord Carnarvon, who sought Parnelrs
advice and assistance, escape censure?
He denied..that the Gladstonians advocat-
ed separation. or tried to shield criminals.
If the Unionists believed the Parnellites
r%ufians, why did they offer to entrust
them with any local government whatever?
He advised that an eudeavor be made to
reunite the Liberals. Ireland could only
be reconciled to Great Britain BY the same
treatment Canada and Australia received,
and that that tho American colonies had
been denied. A letter was read from
Gladstone in which he said: The peace
of ireland and the honor of England
alike involved in defeat unexampled the
coercion bill.
OTTAWA, April 2T.- Mr.. C%urrans'
anti-coercion resolution was carried at |
o'clock this morning by a vote of 1875 to
IS.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 27.-The trial
Of the nine men and three women, charged
with completely in the recent attempt to
kill the cSar, commences TO night before
the political law senators. Even relatives
OF the accused will be excluded. The in
dictroents drawn M by the attorney gen.
oral are volpminous documents of fully
three iolios 1t is said the car would
have been killed on the 10th inst, if he
had taken his usual carriage drive. The
plot leaked out through information given
by the landlady OF the house where some
of the students boarded. The women to
be put on trial have been allowed to con-
suit lawyers.
, 1887-04-27
FIFTY-THREE ROUNDS.
Brutal Prize Fight Near St.
Louis.
Accident on the Rock Island
Railroad,
Canada's Restrictions Against
English Cattle.
a Long and Bloody Fight.

ST. LOUIS. April ga long and
bloody fight to a finish with kid gloves
took place this afternoon near a small
railroad station. about fifty miles north of
this city. The mill was between Ed.
Kelly, son of the formerly somewhat
famous Tom Kelly, of this city, and
Dan DAILY, a slugger of local note, and was
tor $3.50 a side and gate money, which
amounted to about 5000. the winner to
take everything.
In round two DAILY got first blood with
an ugly cut on Kelly's mouth. The next
three rounds DAILY forced the fighting and
gave Kelly heavy blows on the body and
face. In round six Kelly got in hard
blows on Days neck. In round eight
Day ble1 from the ears and each gave the
other heavy blows on the face and neck.
In round eleven the fighting was fierce
and heavy, and clinch after clinch caused
great excitement in the ring and among
the audience. The men pounded each
other terribly and blood flowed freely from
the noses and mouths of both, but the
round was DAYS.
Rounds twelve to twenty-four were in
Days favor, he having punished Kelly
severely, giving him terrible blows on the
face and body and doing a good deal of
hard infghting. So it continued until and
the forty ninth round.
Round 50-The fight was now nothing
but plain brutality, Kelly being simply a
chopping block. Rounds 81, 80 and 80
were the same m~onotonous thing, and in
fact all that followed.
At the end of the Gard round Kelly
agreed to take 800 and let DAILY have the
fight and stake money and receipts. and
the fight ended.
The battle was the longest On record
under the Marquis of Queensberry rules,
and one of the most brutal ever seen.
Kelly is terribly used up. DAILY is not in
iured much. The time of the fight was
three hours and ifty-eight minutes. The
mill was witnessed BIZ about sixty of the
sporting fraternity and their friends OF
this city, each of whom paid 80 to see
the fun.
, 1887-04-27
SPARKS R o THE WIRES.

A snowstorm visited central Virginia on
Monday night.
Another Russian conspiracy has been
discovered in Bulgaria.
An unusually heavy snow storm pre-
walls in Scotland and Wales.
The straits of Mackinaw have been
closed against navigation by an ice gorge.
DR.. A. J.. Grant; the notorious bigamist,
died yesterday in jail at Cambridge,
Mass.
The German government has ordered a
fresh investigation Of the Schnaebele
affair.
Right Rev. }. W. Beckwith, Protest
ant Episcopal bishop of Georgia, died
yesterday.
The motion of the Doodle aldermen for
a change of venue from Chicago has been
overruled.
DR. Parker, the distinguished London
divine, has postponed his American visit
till October next.
The Thistle, an English yacht designed
expressly to compete for the Americas
cup, has been launched.
-Four BohcBians we're convicted at Mil
waukee yesterday of participating in the
Bsv View riot a year ago,
A wedding near Merida, in the state of
Yucatan, Mex, recently. broke up in a
free fight, in which the groom and six
guests were killed.
A fire in Pittsburg yesterday, caused by
an explosion of natural gas, resulted in
the death Of two persons and fatal injury
of two others.
The Supreme Court OF New York has
just held that a marriage contracted under
liquor is void, and the other party is not
entitled to a divorce.
Tho governor of Ohio has ordered a
company Of state troops to Paulding
county to protect a public reservoir from
destruction at the hands OF a mob.
The car has prevented the Russian ad-
mirers of Gen. Boulanger from sending
him a sword of honor, on the ground
that such an act might be misconstrued.
Kate Fisher. l6 years of age, was found
yesterday morning clinging to the piles
under the docks at the foot OF Twentieth
street, New York. She had been thrown
into the river by a ruffain and had been
in the water for ten hours.
, 1887-04-27
I. o. o. F.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The front of
Odd Fellows hall in this city was covered
to-day with red, white and blue bunting,
and the hall inside tastefully decorated in
honor OF the sixty-sixth anniversary of
the founding of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows in America. About 1000
members OF the order assembled in the
hall this afternoon. AMI forming into a
column marched through the principal
streets of the CITY. The grand anton of
patriarchal with the National Rife, band
headed the procession, which was re-
viewed by the president az it passed the
white house.
, 1887-04-27
A Street Alteration.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, April 26.-Ex-
Supreme Judge Jno W. Henry and
State Auditor Walker had an alteration
on the street between 9 and 10 o'clock
this morning, in which Judge Henry was
shot once in the right arm and again in
the breast. Walker was severely cut in
the head by a blow from Judge Henry's
cane. Both men are now in charge of a
physician. Judge Henry's condition is
not considered serious. Walker was re-
moved tonight from the house into which
he was taken TO his home, five blocks dis
tant. He vomitted hard and complained
of pain at the base of his brain. His
right side is still partially benumbed. but
his physicians say be will fully recover in
time. The immediate cause of the dis
pute arose from a recent investigation of
the auditor, who accused Judge Henry Of
having been active in circulating charges
against him.
These charges, recently published, were
that the auditor had sold his influence in
securing appointments and had been in
terested ill convict labor of the state, con-
trary to law. The investigation commit
tee of the legislature reported that only
the last charge was proven and that he
owned stock in a company manufacturing
shoes in a penitentiary. There was also
i'll feeling existing between the two men
arising from some personal matters.
, 1887-04-27
Cattle ReCelpta,

CHICAGO, April 70. -Cattle-Receipt
5000: marke. strong for light cattle
heavy cattle dull shipping steers, O5OCdl
l,5OO pounds, $IGOC65 90: stockers and
feeders, 3 OO(G4.2O.
Sheep Receipts, 5000; market strong.
shorn natives, ~. O0G 4. 10; wooded natives,
$4,000 800; Western, So 1894 90
wooded Western. 81. 2O(947 10; Texans,
IS. 00GL.0O lambs, "a. 50(G. 400.
The Drores' Journal special cable
gram from London quotes American cat
tie at ll9l5 cents per pound, dressed
supply nominal; plenty OF home brec
stock and dressed meats
, 1887-04-27
rhe Railroad Boycott.

PTTTsBURG April 26.-The Pennsyl-
vania company has issued another circular
~discontinuing the sale Of tickets to the
Missouri Pacific and the other Gould
roads, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
and its leased lines and the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul, making In all a
total of thirty-two roads in the West ovcr
which the Pennsylvania company have
now ceased to sell through tickets.
, 1887-04-27
Ontario and English Cattle.

OTTAWA, April 90 II is announced
as probable that the government will
shortly prohibit the importation of cattle
from Great Britain for a period of one
year at least, in consequence of the danger
of the introduction of pleuro pneumonia
into this country. The wisdom and neces
sity of this step is understood to have been
admitted by veterinary inspectors of the
imperial government.
, 1887-04-27
Black Fever in Quebec.

QUEBEC. April 26.-Advices from the
valley of st. Maurice state that a disease
known as black fever, accompanied by
diphtheria, is making terrible ravages
among the people at Mount Caribou. The
family of a French settler named Antoine
Veaugueis, has been almost destroyed,
eight deaths having taken place.
, 1887-04-27
The Banker's Funeral.

MILWAUKEE, April 26.-The funeral
of Alexander Mitchell, which occurred at
St james church to day, was made i'm.
pressiyc by reason OF the tremendous con
course in attendance. The chancel of
the church vas filed with floral offerings.
Alter services in the church, which we're
brief, the remains were taden to Forest
Home cemetery for interment.
, 1887-04-27
Fractions Indians.

PIERRE, OAK, April 26.-The United
States marshal is in pursuit of ten Indians
who have been committing depredations
in the wake of troops. 1t is reported
from Fort Sully tonight that the war De-
partment has instructed Col. Dodge to re-
move settlers forthwith, but to destroy as
little property as possible.
, 1887-04-27
why stokes VIII Never Deal Far
Again.

John w. d. Stokes sent 81 Tor the pur-
chase of a ticket in the Louisiana State
Lottery in the February drawing. He re
ceived a fifth of No. As, ISL, and when he
learned that it called for part of the $50
600 prize he resigned as dealer in a prom
inent gambling house. The money ar
rived by express. He is ROW enjoying a
season OF rest, and is having his wife, who
is nearly blind, treated for her affection.
Stokes says he will never deal faro again. -
Detroit (Mich.) Tribune, Feb. 81.
, 1887-04-27
No Trouble Likely to Occur.

LONDON. April 26.-The foreign Office
has received advices from the British EN-
bassy in Berlin saying that the German
government gives assurance that the
Schnaebele incident is not likely to lead
to prolonged difficulty.
, 1887-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 26.-It i. under
stood that Lieut.. Col i.azelIe has de-
omrd an appointment to succeed Lieut.
Col scott, lecca-r,i, III charge OF the pub
LEGATION uf rebellion records Assistant
Adjt Gen. Vincent is spoken Of As likely
to receive the appointment.
, 1887-04-27

81. Louis, April &c Cincinnati t, st.
Louis 10.
New YORK, April 26.-Brooklyn II,
Baltimore Z.
LOUISVILLE, April &c. Louisville 4,
Cleveland G.
PHILADELPHIA, April 70. Athletic IS,
Metropolitan II.
, 1887-04-27
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